SoftLayer Blog » California http://blog.softlayer.com A Behind the Scenes Look at the Best Hosting Provider in the World Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:27:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 HostingCon, Here We Come! http://blog.softlayer.com/2011/hostingcon-here-we-come/ http://blog.softlayer.com/2011/hostingcon-here-we-come/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:25:32 +0000 George Karidis http://blog.softlayer.com/?p=4342 On August 8, the hosting world will converge on the San Diego Convention Center for HostingCon 2011. I’d say that SoftLayer will “be there with bells on,” but a better way to put it would be that we’ll “be there with megaphones.” There are times to blend in and participate, and there are times when you follow Winston Churchill’s advice:

“If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time – a tremendous whack.”

This year, SoftLayer will be Bigger, Better and Badder in the conference sessions, on the expo hall floor and at the biggest HostingCon party ever.

Conference Sessions
We’re honored to have SoftLayer employees speaking in six different sessions at HostingCon 2011:

Social Media/Branding Panel
Kevin Hazard, Social Media Ninja
9:00am – Monday, August 8
Marketing + Sales Track
The Power of Innovation
Nathan Day, Chief Scientist
9:00am – Monday, August 8
Business Development Track
Build vs. Buy: The CTO’s Dilemma
Duke Skarda, CTO
10:00am – Monday, August 8
Technology + Operations Track
Small Business & Big Government: Public Policy and the Hosting Industry
Suzy Fulton, General Counsel
10:00am – Monday, August 8
Business Development Track
Clearing Up the Cloud: Hosting Providers Share Strategies for Competing in a Crowded Cloud Market
George Karidis, Chief Strategy Officer
2:00pm – Tuesday, August 9
Emerging Trends Track
How the Big Buyers Look At Acquisitions
Lance Crosby, CEO
3:00pm – Tuesday, August 9
Business Development Track

Over the next few weeks, you can keep an eye on the HostingCon Blog for more information about these sessions. To kick off the fun over there, they posted a preview to my session: “Setting Cloud Expectations Before Creating Cloud Strategy”

Expo
When you’re not learning from one of our SLayers in the conference sessions above, we hope you’ll swing by Booth #421 in the Expo Hall to chat with our team, get some SoftLayer swag and try your hand at the infamous Server Challenge. We’ll have live video coverage of all of the action at our booth, and given the geek credentials of HostingCon attendees, we’re expecting record-breaking times … so start studying and training now to give yourself the best possible chance to win the iPad 2 we’re bringing for the Server Challenge Champion!

HostingCon Party
Since you’ve read so attentively to this point about the ‘work’ side of HostingCon, it’s time for some ‘play.’ At 9pm on August 9, SoftLayer, cPanel and Resell.biz will hosting the biggest HostingCon Party in history. 1000 lucky attendees will come together at 4th & B for networking, food, drink and THE DAN BAND!

Attendance will be strictly limited, and you watch the tickets dwindle before the event sells out at http://hostingconparty.com. SoftLayer customers, leave a comment on this blog or contact us via Twitter (@SoftLayer) and we’ll hook you up with a promo code that comps your registration … But remember, even if you’re our best customer ever, you need a ticket to get in the door, so please register while you can!

Yes, Mr. Churchill, SoftLayer is bringing the pile driver to San Diego.

-@gkdog

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The hints got more and more revealing as the week progressed, and any geek worth his/her salt could probably have used some Google-fu around Hint 6 to figure out what was going down. If you consider that a challenge, here are the clues we posted. Try to figure it out without peeking past this image:

SoftLayer Mystery Event

Did you figure it out or did you just scroll down here to get the details on the event? Well tehe wait is over: SoftLayer is sponsoring NAMM JAM. Headliner: Megadeth.

This Friday, January 14, SoftLayer joins some of the biggest names in the music industry to co-present a face-melting 34th anniversary party for presenting sponsor Dean Guitars at The Grove of Anaheim.

NAMM JAM

If you live in Southern California and you’re interested in having your socks rocked off on Friday night, stay tuned to @SoftLayer and @SoftLayer_News for your chance to score a pair of VIP tickets to the event. The tickets are going to go to the folks who want them the most, so get ready to prove your love for SoftLayer and metal!

-@khazard

UPDATE: Phil and I are featured in a YouTube video about the event:

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